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Having not worked a night shift it about two years, I've been rota-d onto night shift for the whole of November. Grim. So, night shift workers, what are your top tips for avoiding the 4am cold...

I know literally nothing about mortgages. I have done searches for information online and if anything it sounds like people are trying to put first time buyers off due to a potential crashing of he...

If I remember right you know a fair bit about eyes? I'm going to trial a fairly new drug (ivabradine) which slows your heart rate through the sinoatrial node (I think?), but most of the bad side...

I'm finally trying a change to my usual make up which is Estee Lauder which I've used like forever but I'm fed up of it going up in price every time I run out of something and it's not just a few...

Who's into herbal tea and what are your favourite flavours? I like green tea and peppermint tea but when I use the tea bags at home they don't taste as nice and fresh. Also like raspberry and...

A bit of a strange one, my OH gets really bad night sweats for no apparent reason. We have tried everything from lighter duvets/cotton bedding/window open at night/prescription strength antiperspirant...

We are going to a Fancy Dress party for NYE and the theme is pop stars throughout the ages, I have no idea who to go as! It has to be recognisable...preferably not spending too much money. I have dark...

I have been googling and cannot find anything about this (so far i'm still looking). I have found that one white pupil could be Retinoblastoma, But the photo i have seen one eye is black and the other...

hello, ive been thinking about Christmas as it will be our first as Mr and Mrs! and i want it to be special. we r going to my husbands family day on Christmas day, but on boxing day it will be our...

The last couple of times I have made yorkshire puds, they have stuck to the bottom of the tin. Not the sides just the bottom. I always heat up oilin the tin first so its greesed. Is maybe the temp too...

As in the title really! Liz Earle is double the price but is it significantly better than the No 7 equivalent? Thanks ladies!

A lighthearted thread - do you have any words that for the life of you, you can't pronounce? For example, a word a spotted on another topic, I can not say brewery. I can split it up and say each...

So many of you have mentioned this as one of your favourite brands of chocolate in your SS emails, and I've never heard of it!! Am I really missing out??

Just after some advice if any of you have or know someone who has been on roaccutane. I've had acne since age of 13 and it's now significantly worse than its ever been and severely affecting my...

I'm going to make shortbread Christmas trees (thank you missus s!) but would like a totally fail safe recipe. A few I've looked up have either had varying baking times or the reviews say its bland or...

Whe asked in an interview, what are your answers you give to the above? I had an interview this morning, and When asked about my weakness' I froze! Which is unusual, as I usually come out with some...

Having a freezer clearout prior to defrosting, and I've discovered all sorts of gems hiding at the back. There's a pack of Quorn mince which I bought when H was having some anti-red-meat thing, and...

Pleas could anyone give me some advice? I had my engagement ring for 3 months when I noticed 2 stones missing from the shoulder. They are tiny pave set diamonds. I took the ring straight back to the...

Anyone else get this to sometimes ridiculous degrees? I went out to a company event on Friday and, like a lot of others, drank a lot. Beer, wine, champagne, Baileys. Our web designer had to lead me...

Hi ladies! id like to get myself a nice Filofax or similar. Do any of you have any recommendations? Thanks

As in reportage photographer? I always thought it was repor-taaarj but I overheard someone in the hairdressers to day saying report-ige. Have I been pronouncing it wrongly? it wouldn't surprise me as...

Or 'daddy'? Just wondering. I have never really heard any of my school kids (11-16) say it but a mum spoke to me this week and during the course of the conversation said similar to "My son would...

Hey! My mother in law to be has just signed up to be an Arbonne Consultant and now wants me to go to a recruitment presentation with her in the hope I will sign up too. Now I'm not interested in the...

I have recently begun to experience some weird tummy symptoms. Sometimes, after eating, I can feel what seems to be kicks and thumps in my stomach (no obvious retorts here, please). It's like food...

Lets say you know for a fact that someone you are close to is defrauding the benefits system. Would you grass them up? Even if it might mean a jail sentence?

I'm almost out of foundation and I need a new one, I didn't rate my last one very much so I'm on the hunt to try something else - we've got our engagement photos with our photographer at the weekend...

I don't think I've ever started this before. Lets here about Otters' weeks! Good: A very lazy day planned. I'm rather excited to have the whole day to spend playing my snazzy steam mop. *loser* Bad: I...

Come join me in my grumpyfest! Where we live we have a really steep, tiny drive so H puts his car up there. I put mine at the bottom of the garden, on the roadside. Sometimes my neigbour over the road...

So having booked a holiday to a Cuba in Feb I've just realised that I'll probably need some new clothes and as most of the shops have now got rid of their summer clothes can anyone recommend any...